Master Hibernate and JPA with Spring Boot in 100 Steps - Step 9: Spring Boot Actuator

The video tutorial provides an overview of Spring Boot Actuator, highlighting its simplicity and the steps to configure it. It explains the various endpoints and URLs associated with Actuator, noting changes across different Spring Boot versions. The tutorial explores Actuator's features, including monitoring, metrics, and security audit events. It emphasizes the importance of configuring Actuator properties to enable desired functionalities while considering performance impacts. The video concludes with a summary of Actuator's capabilities and encourages further exploration for specific needs.

What is the purpose of Spring Boot Actuator?

What are some of the monitoring capabilities provided by the actuator?

How can you enable the actuator in a Spring Boot application?

What changes have occurred in the actuator URLs across different Spring Boot releases?

What is the significance of the management.endpoint.web.exposure.include property?

What is the role of the Spring Tools plugin in relation to actuator?

What types of metrics can be accessed through the actuator?